Hey, why is it that when I talk with Canadians, they often refer to it as "the hockey" rather than just "hockey"? (As in, "Oh, yah, the wife and I are going oat tonight at aboat seven o'clock to watch the hockey, eh?")

I will give the Quebecoises credit for a major linguistic advance over the French- a well-rationalized set of numbers. Instead of calling 97 "four twenty ten seven", they actually say "ninety seven." (quatre-vingnt dix sept versus nonante sept)

Originally posted by SY
Hey, why is it that when I talk with Canadians, they often refer to it as "the hockey" rather than just "hockey"? (As in, "Oh, yah, the wife and I are going oat tonight at aboat seven o'clock to watch the hockey, eh?")

It is a very common expression in the UK, THE football, THE rugby, THE snooker...

And nobody mentioned Rush yet?

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Actually, the bulk of Canadian wine production is over on the NY side. But I use "bulk" in a loose sense; the total output is pretty small. My visiting excuses have always been (sadly) industrial rather than gustatory.

I've been wanting to see Vancouver for a long time- I hear the food is outstanding and it certainly seems to be physically beautiful. Ah well, one day...